Practices of decolonisation: a conversation based on the work of Grada Kilomba
Decolonisation
live streaming available on the day of the event
Sinopsis
Grada Kilomba is a Portuguese artist, whose work has been presented extensively at an international level, but who, in our country, has remained invisible until this year. Posing fundamental questions about the legitimacy of the place of speech ― who speaks; where from; what can be spoken about ― her work deals with questions of memory, race, gender and the decolonisation of knowledge that confront us with the notion of how much still remains to be done if decolonisation is in fact truly going to take place in the context of Portuguese society. What is involved now is not the decolonisation of geographical territories, or the creation of new states, but the decolonisation of mental territories, of ways of living and seeing that still continue to condemn to invisibility the experience of a large group of Portuguese citizens or to prevent the good integration of others from other origins.
A lack of recognition that imprisons us in different forms of parallel lives, instead of promoting an encounter between the two, sometimes made difficult because it is shaped by a long history of violence perpetrated by the colonial behaviour, but potentially fertile and fruitful, if we succeed in paying heed to the multiple forms of living together, and so many other ways of narrating personal and collective histories. These questions will be examined based on the artistic practice of Grada Kilomba, in conversation with Carla Fernandes, a journalist and radio producer, and the mentor of the audio blog Afrolis, made by descendants from African families living in Lisbon.
at GALERIA AVENIDA DA ÍNDIA
Grada Kilomba
The Most Beautiful Language
Solo Exhibition
Curator: Gabi Ngcobo | Creative Production: Moses Leo
27 October 2017 – 4 March 2018
Openning day: 26 October 2017 6PM
Avenida da Índia, 170 – Belém
1400-207 LISBOA
Tuesday to Friday, 10AM-1PM/2PM-6PM
Saturday and Sunday, 2PM-6PM
Last admission: 30 min before closing
Free entrance
At MAAT
Grada Kilomba – Secrets to Tell
Curator: Inês Grosso
8 November 2017 – 5 February 2018
Openning day: 7 November 2017 7PM
MAAT – PROJECT ROOM
Av. Brasília, Central Tejo, 1300-598 Lisboa
and also at HANGAR
Talk with Grada Kilomba moderated by Manuela Ribeiro Sanches
Friday, 3 November 7PM
Rua Damasceno Monteiro 12, 1170-112 Lisboa
